Jeff Scofield Artwork
Considering himself a visual researcher, Jeff Scofield upcycles natural materials and found objects to create minimalist sculptures and installations. Scofield’s art practice is conceptual, focused on exploring everyday materials to reveal their intrinsic nature in terms of light, texture, color, movement and space. He mixes together metal, wood, sand, plaster, wires, steel cables, grills, fabrics, glass and light. Working at large and small scales, his artwork evokes the complexities and contradictions of modern life through the exploration of sustainable themes. Scofield’s installations express certain symbiotic relationships between the natural environment and modern civilization. The found objects, the newsprint, the layers of paint, the opposition of disparate elements create an unexpected balance. The recycled glass jars, the organic fragments, the play of light and shadow among the natural elements combine to express the wonders of life. With these media, Jeff expresses the delicate co-existence between nature and humanity. An American artist, Jeff Scofield studied at the Ateliers des Beaux Arts de la Ville de Paris after earning his Master of Architecture degree at Columbia University in New York. He migrated to Dubai 12 years ago, where he was the Art Director for Gallery 76 at the Dubai International Art Center. Scofield is currently enrolled in the Master of Fine Arts program at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA.
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